Yves Mulkers

7wData

7wData operates at the intersection of data strategy and digital thought leadership. As founder, I lead our dual-focus approach:

1. Data Strategy & Implementation
   • Data Management & Governance
   • AI Strategy & Deployment
   • Advanced Analytics & Insights
   • Enterprise Data Architecture

2. Digital Thought Leadership
   • Content Strategy for Tech Brands
   • Influencer Marketing in Data & AI
   • Industry Analysis & Trend Forecasting

Our unique position as both practitioners and industry analysts allows us to:
• Deliver vendor-neutral, future-proof strategies
• Provide insights based on hands-on experience and market trends
• Amplify our clients' voices in the crowded tech space

We guide organizations from data assessment to implementation, while simultaneously elevating their market presence. Our clients benefit from:
• Customized data roadmaps and digital marketing strategies
• Expertise in Data Strategy & Integration, Cloud and Digital Transformation
• Recognized thought leadership in tech and sustainability

Partner with 7wData to transform your data practices and digital presence. Let's build your data-driven future and amplify your market voice.
When you work with us, our firm provides exposure and visibility to niche omnichannel audiences and creates company-specific content to better market your brand. All numbers and information is provided so that you know how to best allocate your budget. We pride ourselves on honesty, transparency, and commitment to personal growth.

Founder

Data Strategy GuRu's Podcast

I help companies set up their data strategy and find out where they struggle. 
Struggle on technology level, process level, team set up, best practices, or need help in defining use cases and the vision of how data and technology can help your company become more competitive and the differentiator in your market? 

Typically we define a plan so your company can gradually evolve into THE company driven by data where I bring in more than 20 years expertise as a data management practitioner and a strong network with all major vendors and industry analysts in the data landscape. 

This networks allows me to stay on top of the newest development in dataland. 

We are supported by our tech research partner, with market research, case studies, white papers, workshops, best practices and industry benchmark reports. 
This unique position makes sure we give the best and the most practical advice to make your company more digital and data-driven.

Leading Data Strategist

7wData helps vendors creatively market their products through custom-tailored content creation best suited for each particular brand. 

Services include keynotes, live support, viewership and SEO reports, analytics, and high-frequency organic amplification to niche omnichannel audiences through authenticity and establishing authority and trust.

7wData consistently delivers hard numbers so that clients receive the most accurate information and know how to best allocate their content budget.

CREATIVE THOUGHT LEADER MARKETING AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS for B2B Tech Brands

Avoid the pitfalls you make when you start as a freelance and let us take away a lot of uncertainties when you do take the step.

Our Experience bundled in a practical, actionable plan for your success and earn those top rates!

BECOME THE #1 TECH FREELANCER MASTER CLASS

Data Architect for IDMP implementation

M-team

Business Intelligence Analyst

Colruyt Group

Philips

Data Management, Sector FP&A Healthcare, CoE Cross BMC

Immoweb

Data Expert

Essent

Business Intelligence Consultant

McKinsey New Ventures (part of McKinsey & Company)

Data Modeler & ETL expert

🎯 Who I Am:
I am a Data Strategist and Thought Leader in the realm of data and analytics. With a background in chemistry and operational industrial environments, I've navigated my way through various technical terrains—from the early days of Commodore 64 and database development to object-oriented programming. Today, I'm engrossed in the exciting advancements in data management, analytics, machine learning, Large Language Models and artificial intelligence.

📈 What I Do:
I specialize in helping digital marketers, particularly those working in fast-growing scale-ups, to drive business impact through data. As the Data Strategist at 7wData and host of the Data Strategy Guru's Podcast, I use my deep understanding of vendor and scale-up solutions to provide tailored advice. My holistic approach to architecture ensures that you make future-proof technology choices on your journey to becoming data-driven.

🔥 Why I'm Different:

Tech for Good Advocate: I believe in the power of technology to make the world a better place and am a vocal defender of tech for good.
Dual Proficiency: I excel at both the technical and strategic levels, offering a balanced viewpoint that few can.
Holistic View: I bring a comprehensive understanding of architecture, ensuring all pieces of your data puzzle fit together seamlessly.
Quick Learner: New tech excites me, and I quickly incorporate it into solutions for my clients.

🎙️ Content Creator:
Through my blog, 7wData, Newsletter (220k subscribers) and my podcast, I evangelize what you can do with data and how to do it. I engage in panel discussions, write articles, and amplify your company message, helping you achieve thought leadership, brand awareness, and lead generation.

🎧 Personal Interests:
In my downtime, you'll find me immersed in music or personal development and leadership books. I'm an omnivert, adapting my energy based on the people and situations around me.

🤝 Let's Connect:
If you're a digital marketer striving to make your brand data-driven and future-proof, struggling with budgets, or looking to extend your reach, let's talk. I turn Data Pains into Business Gains!

Feel free to reach out for collaborations, speaking engagements, or just a good ol' fashioned chat about the latest in data and tech.

Gilmore Business Network - Digital Marketing & Digital Transformation

DIGITAL MARKETING & SOCIAL BUSINESS STRATEGIC CONSULTATIONS: Digital Transformation. Branding. Community Building. Content and Influencer Marketing. Crisis Communications. Compliance.  | Social Platforms, from Blogging to Twitter, TikTok to Instagram

COLLABORATIONS: AT&T, Ericsson, Microsoft, Salesforce, Schneider Electric, Amazon, Intel, Omron, NASA, Lenovo, Verizon, Jordanian Tourism, Viking Cruises, Wines of Sicily, Fathom Cruises, IBM, NATO, J&J, FedEx, etc..

FORBES Top 20 Social Media Influencer. 

ONALYTICA Top 100 Influencer: Content Marketing, Internet of Things, Augmented Reality.

TRAVEL Top 1% of Travel Influencers: Klout. Travel Blogging and Photography

Rutgers University

Digital and Social Media Marketing. Brand Management.  Crisis Communications.  Global Social Media Law & Privacy.  Emerging Tech. Digital Marketing for Healthcare.  Rutgers CMD (recognized internationally as one of the top U.S. university-based executive education organizations by the Michigan Business School Report).

Digital & Social Marketing, Brand Mgmt, Crisis Comms, Emerging Tech, Law & Privacy | Exec Programs

GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group)

GLG Council Members are invited "leading experts providing business decision-makers with insights to create better, more informed outcomes."

GLG Clients include Fortune 500 companies in nearly every sector and the leading professional services firms and financial institutions.

Independent Consultant (GLG Council Member)

Rocky Mountaineer

Sharing the Rocky Mountaineer luxury train experience through social media content creation, curation, and community engagement.

Travel Brand Ambassador

Travel Esquire 

Travel blogger and brand ambassador with an online community of over 125,000. Ranked in the Top .01 of Travel influencers. Collaborations have included Jordanian Tourism, Viking Cruises, Fathom Cruises, the Wines of Sicily, Istria (southern Croatia) Tourism, Rocky Mountaineer Luxury Train travel. A member of the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association.

Law Office of Glen Gilmore

Digital Marketing, Social Business, Emerging Technologies, Compliance, Crisis Communications, Reputation Management, Legal Research, Contracts, Contract Negotiations, Problem Resolution, Startups, and Special Matters.

Lawyer

Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service

Assisted in the development and presentation of executive-level crisis leadership courses with the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center.

Adjunct Instructor

Hamilton, NJ

Government. Community Outreach. Team building. Led New Jersey’s eighth-largest city during its period of greatest economic growth, job creation, and open-space preservation, achieving the community recognition by CNN as the “10th Safest City in America,” by Money Magazine as one of “America’s Best Places to Live,” and by the NJ Environmental Federation as one of only three “Green Town USA” communities out of New Jersey’s 566 communities.
•	Characterized a “national hero” by The New York Times for his “quick response” to our Nation’s Anthrax Crisis, in October of 2001, after it was discovered that all four anthrax-laden letters responsible for the crisis passed through a regional postal facility located in Hamilton, exposing over a thousand workers there to a deadly infection.  Called a “a man of action” by Time magazine and “a high-energy" mayor by The Washington Post for organizing a massive treatment clinic when state and federal authorities failed to do so. Appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, BBC, and numerous other news broadcasts.  
•	Served as Chair of NJ League of Municipalities Economic Development Task Force, President   NJ Chapter National Brownfield Association, Board of Directors RWJU Hospital

Mayor | TIME "Gilmore is...a man of action" | Washington Post "high-energy"  NYTimes "national hero"

Stark & Stark

Case investigation. Legal research and writing. Negotiation. Settlements. Trial preparation. Trial.

Attorney

Prosecutor for South Brunswick, NJ

Municipal Prosecutor

Called a "man of action" by TIME magazine, Gilmore is a Forbes Top 20 "Social Media Influencer" and also ranked a top influencer in Digital Transformation, Emerging Tech & Travel. 

Dubbed a "futurist" by IBM, Gilmore is an international speaker providing Digital Transformation and Marketing strategy and training to the Fortune 500. COLLABORATIONS: Salesforce, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Amazon, Intel, United Nations, AT&T, Ericsson, VMware, Lenovo, Omron, Verizon, IBM, NASA, NATO, Viking & Fathom Cruises, Wines Of Sicily, Jordanian Tourism, JNJ, FedEx...

Founding faculty: Digital Marketing Executive Programs at Rutgers University School of Business, teaching Brand Management, Digital Marketing, Crisis Communications, Emerging Tech, and Global Social Media Law. 

Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, Gilmore, an attorney, authored the book "Social Media Law for Business". Contributing author to "Strategic Digital Marketing" (Both McGraw-Hill)

Gilmore advises clients on strategy, trends, Digital Marketing & Transformation best practices, online community building, influencer marketing, community management, reputation management, compliance, governance, and emerging technologies.

A Lonely Planet Pathfinder and past member of the International Food, Wine, Travel Writers Association, Gilmore is also ranked a top Travel influencer. With travel to over 70 countries, @TravelEsquire has over 100,000 followers and nearly 18,000 on Instagram.

Called a "high-energy mayor" by The Washington Post, Gilmore, a former municipal prosecutor and judicial law clerk, served two terms as mayor of Hamilton, NJ, a city of nearly 90,000. Chairing NJ's League of Municipalities Economic Development Task Force, he won his city recognition by Money magazine as “one of the best places to live in America." He served on RWJU Hospital Bd of Directors.

Lauded a “national hero” by The NY Times for his leadership during America’s Anthrax Crisis, he appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Fox, and BBC. 

Helped develop and deliver Crisis Leadership Training at NERRTC, Texas A&M.

Honorably served: Infantry Platoon Leader. Airborne (paratrooper). Army Commendation Medal. Peacetime Disabled Veteran. (War training exercise.) DMG ROTC

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